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Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

HNT - Sonny

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HNT, being a weekly celebration of exposure, is supposed to include a picture of yourself. But I have found that sometimes it warrants a ...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

I, Storyteller

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I have recently started to slowly chip away at the look of my blog, figuring it's time for a few "home improvements" around he...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Testing Amazon Affiliate Carousel

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Please excuse me while I test out the Amazon Affiliate Carousel... Amazon.com Widgets Just a small selection of titles that include my wor...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

One, Two, Three, Four - Monsters Walking Cross The Floor

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My son and I just watched Feist 's appearance on Sesame Street doing a parody version of her most popular song. Absolutely brilliant wit...
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Digital Sheep

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Here's a ten minute keynote speech at Web 2 Expo delivered by Chris Brogan , author of Trust Agents . This is a wonderfully short and us...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Here Comes An Interesting Concept

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Here's an interesting article by Clay Shirky , author of Here Comes Everybody . Shirky makes some very astute observations about the nat...

52 Books

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I recently finished listening to Six Pixels of Separation Podcast 176 (also Media Hacks #19 ) -- this episode is a conversation between Mit...

Weathering The Digital Storm

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The editors of The Mark did a phone interview with me the other day asking me pointed questions regarding the subject of my article " ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

HNT - iPhone Pics

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Got an iPhone 3GS this week. Thought my Palm Treo was useful and easy to use, but this iPhone is really something else. Simple. Easy. Cool. ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Lost Children of Academia

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"The lost children of academia." It sounds like the tagline for a cheesy b-grade movie about spirits haunting a hundred-year-old ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

About The Mark

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No, I'm not like that freaky character in Seinfeld who refers to himself in third person as "The Mark" -- I'm talking abou...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Types Of Writing Satisfaction

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I have found that there are two main types of writing satisfaction for me. One is the act of finishing actually composing something in words...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Don't Know The Title Or The Author? Cool.

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I've been a bookseller for almost two decades now. One of the most challenging (and yet most fun) aspect of being a bookseller is when ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

HNT - Christmas (Lights) Came Early This Year

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With the weather this past weekend having been in the high teens on both Saturday and Sunday, I thought it might be a good idea to climb up ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Take Two Minutes, Would You Mind

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Here's a wonderful video by Terry Kelly . Beautiful and touching. Don't forget to take two minutes of time today to remember. It...

Prelude To A Scream - Episode 09

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I just posted the latest episode ( Episode 09 ) of my Prelude To A Scream podcast . This particular episode features my short story "Br...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Alternative Review of Anderson's FREE

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A few months back I posted a long, detailed review of my thoughts after having read Chris Anderson 's book Free: The Future of a Radic...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Da Count - Teachers

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When it came time to write the dedication for Campus Chills , I started thinking about the theme of the book. All of the stories took place...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

HNT - Flashback N Buskin

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Just a few hours ago, an old university buddy commented on a photo I had posted to the Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company group on Fac...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

A Chilling Halloween Treat

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Usually, on the evening of October 31st, by the time that my son is in bed, and Francine and I are shutting the lights off and unplugging th...
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